Companionable Books

About this film

LibriVox recording of Companionable Books by Henry van Dyke. Read in English by MaryAnn Spiegel. Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed orange; but some have in them an unfailing sap, both from the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. Here I have written about a few of these books which have borne me good company, in one way or another, -- and about their authors, who have put the best of themselves into their work. Such criticism as the volume contains is therefore mainly in the form of appreciation with reasons for it. So I send forth my new ship, hoping only that it may carry something desirable from each of the ports where it has taken on cargo, and that it may not be sunk by the enemy before it touches at a few friendly harbors. (Henry van Dyke) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (186MB)

Directors & creators

Henry van Dyke

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; bible; psalms; Dickens; Thackeray; Eliot; Keats; Wordsworth; Browning; Walton; Johnson; Emerson; Stevenson; poetry; prose; criticism

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